Full TimePosted at 90’+4′ Second Half ends, Leicester City Women 4, Liverpool Women 0.Post updateGoal!Posted at 90’+4′ Goal! Leicester City Women 4, Liverpool Women 0. Missy Goodwin (Leicester City Women) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Courtney Nevin with a cross.Post updateCorner, Leicester City Women. Conceded by Rachael Laws.Post updateAttempt saved. Courtney Nevin (Leicester City Women) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Josie Green.Post updateAttempt blocked. Josie Green (Leicester City Women) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by CJ Bott.Post updateAttempt missed. Emma Koivisto (Liverpool Women) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Melissa Lawley.
Leicester climbed off the bottom of the Women’s Super League table and closer to top-flight safety with an emphatic 4-0 win at home to Liverpool. Josie Green scored a deflected effort from close range before Carrie Jones struck from distance six minutes later. Ashleigh Plumptre headed home soon after the break before Missy Goodwin netted in the final minute.
Liverpool struggled to influence the game and rarely troubled Leicester until the final stages. The result moves Leicester two points clear of the foot of the table and the Foxes now sit in 10th place.
Leicester boss Willie Kirk told BBC Radio Leicester: “For me the biggest compliment to the players is that after a four-week break and the position in the league, to put on a performance like that is exceptional. To show that mental strength, to play with confidence and play the way we’re playing, we’re playing really good football and creating a lot of chances.”
Foxes ease past lacklustre Liverpool
For the first time this season, Leicester have moved above the bottom of the WSL table. Kirk’s side were superior throughout the game and took advantage of Liverpool’s sloppiness. CJ Bott and Courtney Nevin drew the visitors’ defence wide and created gaps in the middle where the determined hosts were able to enjoy freedom in the final third.
Green set the Foxes on course for victory as she wriggled through the defence before a deflection saw her shot beat Rachael Laws. Jones then doubled their advantage as the Manchester United loanee unleashed an effort from distance which ricocheted off the bar before beating the Liverpool keeper. The visitors remained limited to long-range passes and struggled to break down Leicester’s well-organised defence, failing to produce a shot on target in the first half.
Three half-time changes couldn’t alter the Reds’ fortunes and Plumptre nodded home the hosts’ third from a Nevin corner just three minutes after the restart. Liverpool tried to find a consolation in the latter stages of the game but Leitzig was at hand to tip an Emma Koivisto effort around the post. And Goodwin capped off a fantastic afternoon for Leicester when she headed in a Nevin ball at the near post with the final action of the game.
Safety is nearly confirmed for Liverpool regardless and they are in little danger of being dragged into the relegation fight in the final four matches. The task increases in difficulty for Kirk’s side in the coming weeks as they face title challengers Arsenal and Chelsea in their next two games.
“It’s three points closer to our target,” Kirk added. “We’ve still got work to do, two tough games back-to-back. We’re humble and pragmatic enough to know that there’s two games coming up where we’re not going to have more possession than our opponent and it’s actually really nice to think that it’s four games in a row we’ve out-possessed the opponent. We need to adapt our gameplan for those and deal with them as they come.”
Leicester City Women eased past a lacklustre Liverpool side at home on Sunday, claiming a 4-0 victory which moves them two points clear of the bottom of the WSL table. Josie Green opened the scoring with a deflected effort from close range before Carrie Jones struck from distance six minutes later. Ashleigh Plumptre headed home soon after the break before Missy Goodwin netted in the final minute to seal an emphatic win for Willie Kirk’s side.
Liverpool struggled to influence the game and rarely troubled Leicester until the final stages, with three half-time changes unable to alter their fortunes. Safety is nearly confirmed for Liverpool regardless and they are in little danger of being dragged into the relegation fight in the final four matches, but Leicester face a difficult task ahead as they face title challengers Arsenal and Chelsea in their next two games.